Center Stage
1991
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2h 34min
• Drama, Romance
Maggie Cheung embodies silent screen siren Ruan Lingyu, known as the "Greta Garbo of China," in this unconventional biopic by Hong Kong New Wave master Stanley Kwan. Praised for her moving and emotive onscreen presence, Ruan's private life, which was frequent fodder for the Shanghai tabloids, began to mirror the melodramas that brought her fame, culminating in her tragic suicide.
